I've stopped for 8 months now. No drugs or eCigs, just threw my last box away and that was that. So in my experience while the drugs may help, they are only a small fraction of the battle, it's down to sheer will power and discipline.

Also, don't say, "I will quit at the end of the month, or next week, or after this next exam..." Quit NOW and stop fooling yourself.

Agreed. The tablets are in no way a miracle. They purely there just to help in the first few weeks. Your success will come from your determination and think that's where people fail. They assume the tablets will make them quit rather than just aid them.

Is champix a tablet and what is the dosage?
Have exactly one pack left in my pocket - I hope I never buy another pack again..

It's a tablet but you need to set a quit date from 7 to 14 days of starting the course (although someone I know stopped earlier - not advised by "experts").
Starts off with 1 tab once a day to one in the morning and one in the evening evening - costs R200 per 2 weeks and the course is for 12 weeks.

Smoked for 10 odd years, quit for 4 years and fall off the horse and started again. Fortunately enough I quickly realised what an absolute retard I was for putting a cig back in my mouth.

I used stress as an excuse, but what a poor excuse as starting again in fact put even more stress on me.

I decided that I ruined something good and was determined to quit. Luckily I had only been back on 20 a day for about 2 months so I hadn't left it for another 10 years.

I saw my doc which prescribed a new drug called Champix and let me tell you it works. It suppresses the urge to smoke considerably and helps you in the initial phase of your quit.

The first time I quit I was on Zyban and let me tell you that stuff is the devils chewing gum, so weird stuff happened to me on that stuff. It really did help though, but I was frightened to death on the stuff.

My old man had a minor stroke last week and the doc basically told him if he doesn't quit he will die. So I am trying my best to get him on Champix with the hope he will quit.

Bottom line is you really have to want to quit and be determined and you will do it!

The drugs are not a miracle, they just help you through the withdraws and allow you to cope better.

I would really encourage anyone really keen to kick the habit for good to consult your Dr and try out Champix, they really do work and coupled with determination you CAN quit.

I have now not smoked for close on a week, not much yeah, but I will never touch another cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, hubbly or any other form of smoking paraphernalia, ever again

I hope this encourages at least one other person to consider the options and quit. It really is rewarding beyond words.

You can do it chaps, seriously. Mind of matter. Its hard yeah, but the rewards at the end of the day are incalculable.

What helped me was the thought of having a smoke and thinking "wtf am I actually doing? I am not even enjoying this"

You have to bring yourself back to those moments when you are absolutely disgusted with the smoke and can't figure out why you even doing it.

Obviously when you quit, all you can think of is that first rush, the first drag, but by the end of the smoke where are you? No where really.

Sounds weird, but its just a mindset you have to try adopt.

Another mind set you have to adopt and I think a lot of people make this mistake, they say "I am going to try quit from xxxx date" Big no no. You have already set yourself up for failure with the "I will try"

You have to convince yourself and say "I WILL quit on xxxx date no matter what!"